frogman042 wrote:No offense but I think this is a bunch of hooey. There is no way that they modify the stack for any contestants, even the first tier ones. There are so many ways that any question might mean something specific to someone that it would be odd for it not to happen, and happen with such frequency. That’s why so many folks think horoscopes are written just for them. For Clyde, what if there was a question about Cartoon Network, Harvey Birdman, Dry Cleaning, Maryland, etc. We saw Stephen Colbert pop up just before his stack, I guess they were off by onesecondchance wrote:I just got to see your show, Clyde! What a terrific job you did- so happy for you! You looked great (if not squished in that chair - lol), and your wife is lovely! I'm just so upset for you and the others about the removal of PAF and the substitution of non-expert experts.. que sera
Phil Ken Sebbin wrote: When I saw this I thought back to secondchance's point about how the writers seem to give specific questions for specific contestants. TPTB say that the order is random and the question writers don't know who they are writing for but I've seen this several times. Coincidence?
Aha! Finally, a fellow conspiracy theorist!At least it's in the players' favor, tho.
I firmly believe the producers/writers stick in a cutesy personalized question at one of the lower levels for many of the contestants. C'mon, a Bonnie and Clyde question for Clyde is a coincedence? nfw. They give the players a "get" Q to make everyone pumped and happy -- before they attempt to screw them later with the bullcrap.
... interesting how Gordon got the coin question, and Meredith was at-the-ready with her gs coin anecdote.
Here's a few recent others off the top of my head...
...Christian, with the head full O' ringlets, got the "hair detangling" Q
...Jeet the pre-med student got the medical info Q
...Juliusberger gets the fireworks Q, and he apparently had a producer-approved story at-the-ready to mention. (he laughed and quipped "I have a long history with fireworks, which we didn't go into before")
What's really pissing me off in thesee recent seasons, is how their number one goal seems to be finding players with hard luck stories, Meredith treats the show as if it's their savior, and then they set them up for failure with all these new changes. The players consistantly leave with absolutely nowhere near a million bucks -and most times not even enough to save them from their personal plights- after she's managed to encourage the players to broadcast them to the world.
That Meredith is a producer and is involved with this hoax is a travesty. I don't love Mere anymore.. Clyde got the Bonnie and Clyde and one on balding, I got a baby names question and a Willie Nelson question – who is certainly associated with both Austin and Texas. I saw someone who was going to use the money for dog rescue get a question on the Westminster Dog Show. There is just no way TPTB would risk their entire career’s and show on trying to fix the questions for such a miniscule reason.
As far as picking contestants on need – I doubt that would be an effective filter because my guess is that 90% of those trying out for the show would be able to use that hook – it therefore makes no sense to have a filter that would not filter virtually anyone. I haven’t a clue about what they use, but I really doubt that it is a good hard-luck story. I think they like to talk about on the show because I think they think that the viewing audience would root for that person – but I don’t think they need to screen for it and not all contestants are “Queen for a Day”.
Believe what you will, FM, but you haven't swayed me. I suppose you also don't believe there's any way the writers read our Bored and throw in shout-out Q's on a regular basis...